...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
were "obliged to respond" to Israel "whatever the consequences" after the killings last week of Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr and Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...leader Ismail Haniyeh
...became Prime Minister of Gaza after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank...
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The twin killings have sent Middle East tensions skyrocketing, amid fears of a regional conflict and all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah, which have been trading daily cross-border fire since Paleostinian Death Eater group Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel.
Iran "finds itself obliged to respond, and the enemy is waiting in a great state of dread," His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...>
said in a televised address, adding his group was also "obliged to respond."
Hezbollah will retaliate "alone or in the context of a unified response from all the axis" of Iran-backed groups in the region, "whatever the consequences," he added.
An Israeli air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs killed Hezbollah’s top military commander Shukr last Tuesday.
Early Wednesday, Hamas’s political chief Haniyeh was killed in an attack in Tehran blamed on Israel, which has not commented directly on the killing.
"Our response is coming," Nasrallah said in an address to mark a week since Shukr’s killing, adding it would be "strong and effective."
"Israel’s waiting for a week is part of the punishment, part of the response, part of the battle," he said, adding: "It is Israel who chose escalation... and who attacked Iran."